midstream
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mid·stream /ˌmɪdˈstriːm◂/ noun [uncountable] 1 in midstream when something has started and is still happening 在进行中，在中途 They had to drop the experiment in midstream. 他们不得不中途放弃实验。 He interrupted the official in midstream (=while the official was still speaking). 他中途打断了官员的话。2 the middle part of a river 中流，河流中心in midstream The boat had anchored in midstream. 船在河中心抛锚了。 —midstream adverb
Examples from the Corpus
midstream• From midstream he sent her a sweet, desperate smile.• He took Deianira on his back and in midstream insulted her.• The paper claimed that most businessmen believed that it was a bad idea to change horses in midstream.• Another group felt that it was inadvisable to change horses in midstream.• Why not use some of that money to get started with a low dam-and then switch horses in midstream?• With a shriek from her whistle, the little craft swung out into midstream and shot into the rapids under the bridge.mid·stream nounChineseSyllable
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midstream
mid‧stream /ˌmɪdˈstriːm◂/
noun [uncountable]
1. in midstream when something has started and is still happening:
They had to drop the experiment in midstream.
He interrupted the official in midstream (=while the official was still speaking).
2. the middle part of a river
in midstream
The boat had anchored in midstream.
—midstream adverb
mid‧stream /ˌmɪdˈstriːm◂/
noun [uncountable]1. in midstream when something has started and is still happening:
2. the middle part of a river
in midstream
—midstream adverb
